Geum plant named &#39;Sunkissed Lime&#39;

ABSTRACT

A new and distinct  Geum  plant named ‘Sunkissed Lime’ characterized by orange single to semi-double flowers in cymes, lime green to yellow foliage, a dense, mounding habit, spring bloom with sporadic summer to fall bloom, and excellent vigor.

BOTANICAL DESIGNATION

Geum hybrid

VARIETY DENOMINATION

‘Sunkissed Lime’

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct cultivar of Geumplant given the name ‘Sunkissed Lime’. Geum is in the family Rosaceae.The new cultivar originated from a planned breeding program to produce agold foliage Geum with good vigor and flowering. The parents wereunnamed proprietary seedlings from interspecific crosses.

Compared to Geum coccineum ‘Eos’ (unpatented), the new cultivar has alarger habit, is more vigorous, with flowers orange rather than redorange, with flowers in cymes rather than solitary, and with a muchlonger bloom time.

Compared to the parents, the new cultivar has lime green foliage ratherthan green.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The following traits have been repeatedly observed and are determined tobe the unique characteristics of ‘Sunkissed Lime’. These characteristicsin combination distinguish ‘Sunkissed Lime’ as a new and distinctcultivar:

1. orange single to semi-double flowers in cymes,

2. lime green to yellow foliage,

3. a dense, mounding habit,

4. spring bloom with sporadic summer to fall bloom, and

5. excellent vigor.

This new cultivar has been reproduced only by asexual propagation(cuttings and tissue culture). Each of the progeny exhibits identicalcharacteristics to the original plant. Asexual propagation by cuttingsand tissue culture using standard micropropagation techniques withterminal and lateral shoots, as done in Canby, Oreg., shows that theforegoing characteristics and distinctions come true to form and areestablished and transmitted through succeeding propagations. The presentinvention has not been evaluated under all possible environmentalconditions. The phenotype may vary with variations in environmentwithout a change in the genotype of the plant.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 shows a one-year-old Geum ‘Sunkissed Lime’ growing in the trialbed in shade in October in Canby, Oreg.

FIG. 2 shows a one-year-old Geum ‘Sunkissed Lime’ growing in the trialbed in sun in April in Canby, Oreg.

DETAILED PLANT DESCRIPTION

The following is a detailed description of the new Geum cultivar basedon observations of a one-year-old specimen grown in full sun in thetrial bed in Canby, Oreg. Canby is Zone 8 on the USDA Hardiness map.Temperatures range from a high of 95° F. in August to an average of 32°F. in January. Normal rainfall in Canby is 42.8 inches per year. Thecolor descriptions are all based on The Royal Horticultural SocietyColour Chart, 5^(th) edition.

-   Plant:    -   -   Type.—herbaceous perennial.        -   Hardiness.—USDA Zone 5-9.        -   Size.—39 cm wide and 22 cm tall to top of the foliage.        -   Form.—mound.        -   Vigor.—excellent.        -   Number of rosettes.—about 50.-   Stem: none-   Leaf:    -   -   Type.—pinnately compound.        -   Arrangement.—rosette.        -   Blade.—grows to 13.5 cm long and 9 cm wide, shape spatulate            overall, 7 to 11 leaflets; terminal leaflet the largest,            reniform, grows to 6 cm long and 9 cm wide, shallowly cut 4            to 6 times, tip obtuse, bases cuneate, pubescent on both            sides, veins pinnate and impressed, color topside Yellow            Green 144A lightening in high light to Yellow 11A and            darkening in low light to Green 137A, veins 144A; bottom            side closest to 145A, lightening to Yellow 11A in high light            and darkening to 147B in low light, veins 146D.        -   Petiole.—clasping, pubescent, Yellow Green 146D tinted            Greyed Purple 187B.        -   Color.—topside Green 137A including veins, bottom side            Yellow Green 146B with veins 146C.-   Inflorescence:    -   -   Description.—in cymes with 5 to 8 single to semi-double            flowers.        -   Size of inflorescence.—grows to 8 cm wide and 16.5 mm deep.        -   Peduncle.—grows to 15 cm tall and 4 mm wide, pubescent,            Yellow Green 146D tinted Greyed Purple 187B.        -   Pedicel.—variable 0.5 cm to 2.5 cm long and 1 mm wide,            pubescent, closest to Yellow Green 145C.-   Flower bud:    -   -   Size.—7 mm deep and 8 mm wide.        -   Shape.—ovoid.        -   Surface.—pubescent.        -   Color.—Yellow Green 145C.-   Flower:    -   -   Type.—actinomorphic.        -   Size.—30 mm wide and 10 mm deep.        -   Corolla description.—5 to 9 petals (usually terminal flower            semi-double with 9 petals, lateral flowers single with 5            petals), each obcordate and notched to incised at tip,            entire to sinuate margins, base cuneate, grows to 10 mm long            and 14 mm wide, glabrous on both sides, top side Orange 28A            lightening to 26A, bottom side Orange 26C.        -   Calyx description.—5 sepal lobes, alternating with epicalyx            segments (each 5 mm long and less than 1 mm wide), stellate,            7 mm deep and 29 mm wide, tube bowl shaped 9 mm wide and 2            mm deep, lobes triangular 11 mm long and 4 mm wide at base,            margins entire, tip acuminate, pubescent outside and            glabrous inside, Green Yellow 1C on top and bottom sides.        -   Pistil description.—1 in number, 8 mm long and 6 mm wide,            ovary 3 mm long and 5 mm wide, Yellow Green 144A, about 100            styles and stigmas, styles 4 mm long, Yellow Green 144A at            base blending to Yellow Orange 16A at top; stigmas Yellow            Orange 17A.        -   Stamen description.—about 200, 6.5 mm long, filaments 6 mm            long, Yellow Orange 23A, anthers 0.5 mm long, Yellow Orange            23A, pollen none.        -   Fragrance.—none.        -   Lastingness.—each flower last approximately one week in            summer and up to two weeks in cool weather.        -   Bloom time.—April to June with sporadic rebloom through            October in Canby, Oreg.-   Fruit: none-   Seed: none, sterile-   Disease and pests: The new cultivar is typical to the genus. No    known resistances to pests or diseases. No problems have been found    in Canby, Oreg.

I claim:
 1. A new and distinct Geum plant as herein illustrated anddescribed.